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...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7647703 | Bulb planter with twin grips A bulb planter includes a pair of blade halves cooperating to form a tubular tool head and a molded plastic handle body forming a pair of handles. The blade halves are preferably metal and riveted to the handle body. The handle body forms a living hinge for selectiv... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7159320 | Tool for forming a candle-receiving opening in a fruit or vegetable A small hand tool is provided for forming in a fruit or vegetable an exterior surface recess for complementarily receiving a tealight candle. The tool has a hollow cylindrical body centered around an axis and having a sharpened lower end portion, and a handle projec... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7117778 | Corrugated knife fixture with variable pitch and amplitude A corrugated knife fixture is provided for cutting vegetable products or the like particularly such as potatoes, wherein the knife fixture includes one or more knife blades each having a cutting edge with a variable pitch and variable amplitude geometry. The knife f... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7114258 | Fruit stone remover A stone removing tool for removing a stone from a fruit having an outer flesh portion surrounding the stone, the tool having a head section configured for being gripped by a user and a stem section extending from the head section and having an end opposite the head ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7011666 | Incising apparatus for use in cataract surgery An incising apparatus for cataract surgery is provided. The incising apparatus includes a handle having a proximal end and a distal end. A circular cutting band is adapted to slide along the handle. At least one stopper element is provided in the vicinity of the pro... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6955110 | Apparatus and method for cutting soft materials, especially meat An apparatus and method for cutting soft materials such as meat. Two or more spirally mounted helical blades are situated between two supports, and the supports are mounted to a shank. The shank is rotated to impart rotary action to the spiral shear blades, and the ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6904686 | Slat ripper A one-piece, hand-held slat ripper for cutting slat, such as vinyl fencing slat, in lengths of uniform width, which includes an enclosed channel of uniform rectangular cross-sectional area housing a blade safely disposed within the channel. ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6796034 | Interchangeable head carving tool A carving tool in which a concave hemispherical cutting head is detachably secured to a base member and a handle by fastener structure, thus securing the cutting head, the base member, and the handle to each other. The carving tool is a swinging impact tool which is... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6632232 | Corneal vacuum centering guide and dissector This invention is a surgical device for producing a generally circular, interlamellar pathway within the corneal stroma of the eye. The device is made up of three major components: a vacuum centering guide having an inner bore which fits at one end agains... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6602266 | Corneal vacuum centering guide and dissector This invention is a surgical device for producing a generally circular, interlamellar pathway within the corneal stroma of the eye. The device is made up of three major components: a vacuum centering guide having an inner bore which fits at one end agains... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6581293 | Device in connection to hole punching pliers arranged to punch holes in a skin protection plate for stoma bag A pair of hole punching pliers, so-called stoma pliers, is arranged to punch a hole in a skin protection plate for a stoma bag. The hole punching remedies of the pliers consist of a hole socket (16) and a holding-up plate (18) for the same. During the pun... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6578272 | Edge cutting apparatus An edge cutting apparatus provides a means for edging around pop-up and stationary sprinkler devices and provides a safe and secure means of transporting the components of the apparatus. An edge cutting apparatus can include a cutter handle with a compres... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6379370 | Incising apparatus for use in cataract surgery An incising apparatus for cataract surgery is provided. The incising apparatus includes a handle having a proximal end and a distal end. A circular cutting band is adapted to slide along the handle. At least one stopper element is provided in the vicinity... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6058610 | Decorative food cutter A simplified cutter for providing decorative pieces to enhance the visual appearance of various dishes. The cutter comprises a hallow cylindrical member secured to a disk shaped lip member. A series of shaped cutter elements are secured to the inside surf... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6052910 | Vegetable cutting device A new vegetable cutting device for cutting lettuce and the like into shaped portions suitable for use with a variety of sandwich types. The inventive device includes a body member having a top portion, a bottom portion and a lateral portion, a slot formed... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6009625 | Hole forming assembly for irrigation tubing A hand tool combination is useful for punching various sized holes in the sidewall of irrigation tubing to discharge water onto crop-growing soil. The tool combination comprises an elongated handle member including a hand grasping section at one end there... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5966819 | Meat scraping tool A new meat scraping tool for easily dislodging meat by pressing a button. The inventive device includes a handle. A plurality of generally cylindrical stationary blade members arranged in a concentric configuration are included. The stationary blade membe... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5930901 | Hand tool and method for carving a vegetable into a predetermined shape A hand tool for carving a generally ellipsoid shaped vegetable, such as a potato, turnip, radish or carrot, into a predetermined shape, particularly a mushroom shape, is provided. The hand tool includes a hollow elongated cylinder that has a first end ter... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5862658 | Grass remover for termite bait station This is a grass remover to remove grass from the surface of an area in a circular path about the top of a guide hole in which a termite bait station may be inserted. This includes a circular skirt with a hub in the middle and a plurality of cutting blades... | 01/26/1999 |
| 5720991 | Multi-shaped ravioli maker A device to form different shaped raviolis includes multiple uniquely outlined cutting and crimping ribs, surrounding finger ejection holes, and an extrusion die plate hand support system.... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5579582 | Puzzle cookie cutter A puzzle cookie cutter includes a cutting die holder and at least one cutting die removably securable in the holder. The die or dies provide for the cutting of cookie dough, batter, or the like into several separate, irregularly shaped and sized interfitt... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5403335 | Corneal vacuum centering guide and dissector This invention is a surgical device for producing a generally circular, interlamellar pathway within the corneal stroma of the eye. The device is made up of three major components: a vacuum centering guide having an inner bore which fits at one end agains... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5242024 | Grass trimming device A grass trimming device arranged to provide for circular removal of plug members in surrounding relationship about such components as sprinkler heads and the like is formed with a cylindrical body having continuous serrated lower edge spaced from an annul... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5157836 | Tool for separating a core, a rind and flesh of a fruit, in particular a pineapple A tool is described for separating a core, a rind and flesh of a fruit, in particular a pineapple, including, at least, a cylindrical corer which is provided at one end with a cutting edge and at the other end with a handle or other driving member, such a... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5146681 | Elongate vegetable skin cleaner apparatus An apparatus for removing a skin layer of elongate vegetables, such as cucumbers and carrots, includes an elongate housing mounting blade segments therewithin. A manually supported embodiment of the invention includes coaxially arranged resilient segments... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5103563 | Food preparation device A food preparation device includes a plurality of teeth on a bottom rim of a hollow cylindrical body. Each of the teeth includes an apex that extends parallel to the longitudinal centerline of the device and two surfaces intersecting each other at the ape... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5103684 | Material cutting tool A safe cutting tool for cutting and undercutting samples of solid material e.g., from solid rocket propellant wherein a blade curves sidewise around an opening to define a sleeve, the edges of which are opposed cutting edges which bevel into the opening f... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4972585 | Rotary blade cutter A rotary blade cutter (10) including a semitubular rotary cutting blade (12) rotatably mounted within a tubular housing (14). The tubular housing 14 includes an entrance slit (22) and a diametrically opposed exit slit (24) for insertion of a web into the ... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4905375 | Tool for extracting finger grip insert from a bowling ball A hand operated tool for extracting a finger grip insert glued in a bowling ball including a shaft, a T-shaped handle grip, and a tubular extractor affixed to the shaft and having a knife dull edge free end adapted to cut the insert away from the bowling ... | 03/06/1990 |
| 4836396 | Combination canister cover and cookie cutter A combination canister cover and cookie cutter includes a disc-like central member having an upper surface and a lower surface; a lower cylindrical skirt extending downwardly from the periphery of the disc-like central member; screw threads formed on the ... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4798213 | Bone biopsy apparatus Apparatus for obtaining a bone biopsy comprising a trocar which includes a guide tube with gripping teeth at one end and a tubular drill which is insertable through the tube. The drill has cutting teeth at its forward end and comprises an outer retaining ... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4792299 | Biscuit cutter and cooperative mold A biscuit cutter having at least one cutting element defined by a hexagonally oriented cutting edge which taper upwardly and inwardly to form a circular biscuit forming cavity and which cutting element may be cooperatively seated within a mold so as to un... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4789555 | Apparatus and method for preparing patterned baked goods An apparatus and a method for preparing a patterned baked good by cutting a dough piece and impressing a pattern on the dough piece.... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4763414 | Device and method for coring and cutting of fruits and vegetables for subsequent filling with complementary foods The present invention comprises a handle having at least one coring assembly extending outwardly and away from one end of the handle. The coring assembly is a continuous ring of thin, stainless steel having a cross-section of a known geometric shape, a ci... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4690047 | Tool for peeling and coring pineapples and the like The tool comprises two substantially annular and coaxial blades, an inner one and an outer one respectively, each of which has a frontal cutting edge, and a handgrip for enabling the blades to be pushed into the fruit and possibly rotated so as to separat... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4689885 | Apparatus for cutting out a face in a pumpkin An apparatus for cutting out a face in a pumpkin is provided that consists of a handle that is removable from various shaped housings which are adapted to cutout eyes, nose and mouth in the pumpkin by removing different shaped pieces from a side of the pu... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4681000 | Food preparation process Method for cutting food materials having predetermined depths defined by a proximal surface and a remote surface, into a desired, continuous, closed configuration. A food material is selected having a predetermined depth. The desired configuration is cut ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4606716 | Mold and biscuit cutter A cutter comprising a plurality of contiguous hexagonal shapes with a closely-fitting mold surrounding the cutter.... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4572444 | Food chopper A food chopper having a handle and a plurality of concentric cylindrical cutting blades, each having a vertical wall and a cutting edge at the bottom thereof with flowthrough openings formed in the vertical walls with adjacent flowthrough openings being s... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4546545 | Pineapple cutter A pineapple cutter is provided with a cylindrical body 1 having a cutter edge 1a at the circumference end portion of the lower end, a pair of handles 5, 5 connected to the outer surface of said cylindrical body, a pressing sheet mounted on the inner porti... | 10/15/1985 |
